She was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.
He didn't know what to do about it.
She did.
After 43 years of marriage, their world was turned upside down.
She decided to write about what was happening to her. He wrote about what being a caregiver was like.
The result is the book Random Acts of Weirdness, filled with personal stories of a real-life Alzheimer's journey. It offers a candid and poignant glimpse into the human side of Alzheimer's disease.
Greg's career was in marketing, printing and advertising.
After working as a production manager for a couple of printing companies, he founded Eye/Comm Focused Marketing Solutions in 1990, a company providing printing, marketing, direct mail advertising and fulfillment. He retired in 2013 and the next year his wife Debi was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. That diagnosis changed everything. Greg's role in their marriage changed over time to being a caregiver for Debi. She vowed to fight the disease and started writing about it in a journal. Soon she began a Facebook page "Life With Alzheimer's." Over the next nine years they both chronicled their journey and wrote about the effects the disease had on both of them.
During his career, Greg served on the board of directors for Printing Industries of San Diego as well as the state-wide Printing Industries of California. He was also a founding member of the board of directors for SAFE, San Diego Fund for Emergencies, a nonprofit providing direct financial aid to individuals and families in San Diego facing severe life crises.
Greg also served on the East San Diego County Regional Occupational Program advisory committee and the El Cajon Valley High School printing advisory committee, providing best-practices and career advice.
He received the Margaret Seller's Leadership Award from the San Diego Direct Marketing Association in 2001.
He is a graduate of San Diego State University. He is a decorated Army combat veteran who served in Vietnam in the 9th Infantry Division in 1969.
Greg currently is facilitating a support group through Alzheimer's San Diego for people who have lost their spouse to Alzheimer's.